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Turek, Matthew
🇦🇺FIDE 3243532· Male· Australia· Born in 2000
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Matthew Turek, a 26-year-old Australian player, is rated 1652 — just 2 short of his peak of 1654 (May 2025, age 25). He is currently in the 1650–1700 range. 14 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025-26 St George Summer Open Rounds 5-7, 2025-26 St George Summer Open Rounds 2-4, and 2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 8-9. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 Norths Allegro) and 3 blitz events (including 2026 Australian Blitz Championship) recently. He took a 28-month break between May 2020 and Oct 2022 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #17 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1652
Standard
Rpd1602·Blz1592
All-time high
1654
−2 pts below
May 2025 · age 25
May 2025 · age 25
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#127,492
#127,492 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1654
at age 25 · −2 from today
May 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+303 Elo)
1345 → 1648
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 24
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 24
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 24
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
1654 → 1652
Tournaments
5
14 games
Score
5.5/ 1439.3%
4W3D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #8 | — | +19.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/3 | #17 | — | -0.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/2 | #49 | 1025 | -13.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1.5/4 | #23 | 1673 | +1.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0.5/3 | #39 | 1511 | -9.2 |
Rankings
/
Australia
#939
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#18,746
in continent
World
#127,486
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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